Maria Hrmova

Biography

Research in my laboratory is focused on membrane transporters and transcription factors involved in abiotic stress tolerance of plants. Our interests are also centred on enzymes that participate in formation of plant cell surface structures. Further, we have created artificial membrane environments mimicking native ones using bicelles, liposomes, lipodiscs and nanodiscs, and used them for functional reconstitution of membrane proteins produced through cell-based and cell-free synthesis platforms. The goals of our projects are to address the fundamental questions as to how proteins mediate their biological functions. The new knowledge is expected to serve for designing of engineered proteins that work optimally under a variety of abiotic stress factors.

Research Interest

Medicine,Medical Education,Research,etc